Engineering, Production & Testing

Products, Materials + Tools | Mar 05, 2018
Thermal Models for Osram LEDs Now Online
Thermal Models for Osram LEDs Now Online In addition to beam data and electrical data, there are now thermal models available on the internet for OSRAM LEDs – the new information relates primarily to high-power LEDs in the visible range such as the DRAGON family, the Advanced Power TopLED range, the Power TopLED range and some OSTAR versions. Read more »
Products, Materials + Tools | Mar 05, 2018
National Semiconductor's WEBENCH LED Architect Simplifies and Speeds Lighting Design
National Semiconductor's WEBENCH LED Architect Simplifies and Speeds Lighting Design National Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE: NSM) today announced the addition of WEBENCH LED Architect to its award-winning portfolio of online WEBENCH® Designer tools. The first of its kind, WEBENCH LED Architect enables both novice and expert designers to perform real-time comparisons and optimize complex lighting systems for performance, size and cost in minutes. Read more »
Products, Materials + Tools | Mar 05, 2018
National Semiconductor's WEBENCH LED Architect Simplifies and Speeds Lighting Design
National Semiconductor's WEBENCH LED Architect Simplifies and Speeds Lighting Design National Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE: NSM) today announced the addition of WEBENCH LED Architect to its award-winning portfolio of online WEBENCH® Designer tools. The first of its kind, WEBENCH LED Architect enables both novice and expert designers to perform real-time comparisons and optimize complex lighting systems for performance, size and cost in minutes. Read more »
Tools | Engineering | Simulation Tools | Horticulture | Mar 05, 2018
Lumileds Launches Horticulture Lighting Calculator to Accelerate Grow Light Development
Lumileds Launches Horticulture Lighting Calculator to Accelerate Grow Light Development Lumileds today introduced an online calculator that fixture manufacturers can use to more quickly optimize the design of their grow lights. The calculator allows the user to input various LED combinations and operating conditions to generate the spectral power distribution, photosynthetic photon flux (PPF), and power usage of a fixture using Lumileds LUXEON SunPlus Series LEDs. Read more »
Tools | Test Equipment | Safety | Mar 13, 2018
Photobiological Measurement System from GL Optic for Highest Safety Standard
Photobiological Measurement System from GL Optic for Highest Safety Standard The photobiological safety measurement system from GL Optic – in short: GL PSM System 200-800 nm is the world's first mobile and preconfigured measurement system for monitoring and assessing the blue light hazard of all types of lamps. Blue light hazard (photoretinitis) is defined as the potential risk for a photochemically-induced retinal injury resulting from electromagnetic radiation exposure at blue wavelengths of 400-500 nm. Read more »
Tools | Test Equipment | Mar 29, 2018
Redesign of BTS256-EF Light, PAR and Flicker Meter
Redesign of BTS256-EF Light, PAR and Flicker Meter The lighting industry requires high accuracy spectral light meters that can handle complex measurements. These include measurement of pulse width modulated light sources and the ability to measure both indoors and outdoors lighting, determination of thermal transient behavior of lamps, their flicker properties and so on. The primary criterion that such meters must always meet is the quality of their photometric features. Read more »
Tools | Test Equipment | Manufacturing | Jun 20, 2018
Quality Inspection for LED Module Manufacturing - Precise, Reliable, Reducing Scrap and Costs
Quality Inspection for LED Module Manufacturing - Precise, Reliable, Reducing Scrap and Costs In terms of energy savings and energy efficiency, LED (light-emitting diode) is dominating private as well industrial illumination more and more. LED is used to illuminate offices and private living areas, vehicle lightning, advertisings, street lighting, etc. In addition, LED technologies have conquered already into technology fields as entertainment electronics, aerospace, fibre optic based communica-tion, medical areas, optical inspections, etc. With low weight, variable light colours, long-life at lower cost, etc., LED will remain as a future based technology. Read more »
Tools | Test Equipment | Software | Displays | Special Applications | Jun 27, 2018
Westboro Photonics Announces Photometrica® version 7.5
Westboro Photonics Announces Photometrica® version 7.5 Westboro Photonics, a leading manufacturer of imaging colorimeters and photometers for the analysis of displays and lighting and the publisher of the Photometrica measurement and analysis software, announces the release of Photometrica version 7.5. Read more »
Tools | Manufacturing | Test Equipment | Conformal Coating | Jul 24, 2018
Nordson ASYMTEK Combines Conformal Coating and Inspection into One Automated System
Nordson ASYMTEK Combines Conformal Coating and Inspection into One Automated System Nordson ASYMTEK a Nordson company, a global leader in dispensing, jetting, and coating equipment and technologies, announces an automated coating inspection (ACI) line combining its Select Coat® SL-940 Conformal Coating system with the FX-940UV Series ACI/AOI Automated Conformal Coat Inspection system. Together, the systems ensure a conformal coating process that's accurate and reliable, and delivers ongoing coating quality and consistency. Read more »
Tools | Test Equipment | Photometers | Aug 17, 2018
More Accurate, Faster, Further with Instrument Systems' New Photometer DSP 200
More Accurate, Faster, Further with Instrument Systems' New Photometer DSP 200 Instrument Systems has introduced a new, versatile photometer to the market. The DSP 200 conforms to the highest accuracy grade L to DIN 5032-7 (2017) and has an extremely broad measuring range from 0.1 mlx to 200 klx for all common light sources, including pulse-width modulated LEDs. It is extremely well-suited to ultra-fast measurements of spatial light distributions with the goniometers of the AMS or LGS series. Read more »
Tools | Test Equipment | Spectroradiometer | Radiometer | Sep 13, 2018
New Ophir® FluxGage™ Measurement System for Large-Size Luminaires at LpS
New Ophir® FluxGage™ Measurement System for Large-Size Luminaires at LpS MKS Instruments, Inc., a global provider of technologies that enable advanced processes and improve productivity, announces the Ophir® FluxGage™ FG1500, the newest member of the FluxGage family of compact measurement systems for LED luminaires. The FG1500 features an aperture size of 144 x 64cm, allowing for photometric measurement of large-size street and industrial luminaires, LED flat panels, and troffer lights. Photometric measurements include total luminous flux (up to 80,000 lm), spectrum and color parameters (CCT, CRI, TM-30), and flicker. Read more »
Materials | Manufacturing | Encapsulants | Silicones | Harsh Enviroment | Feb 15, 2019
Dow's New, Cost-Efficient DOWSIL™ EI-2888 Primerless Silicone Encapsulant Protects LEDs in Harsh Environments
Dow's New, Cost-Efficient DOWSIL™ EI-2888 Primerless Silicone Encapsulant Protects LEDs in Harsh Environments Dow, a global leader in silicones, silicon-based technology and innovation, today unveiled DOWSIL™ EI-2888 Primerless Silicone Encapsulant, an optically-clear silicone for professional LED lighting that cures at room temperature. This advanced silicone technology provides superb optical performance without compromise and offers unique rheological properties for use with light fixtures in a variety of shapes and forms. Designed for explosion proof and high ingress protection rated luminaries, DOWSIL™ EI-2888 Primerless Silicone Encapsulant is also cost-effective to buy and use as its patented composition does not contain platinum– unlike other silicone solutions currently available on the market. Read more »
Tools | Database | Engineering | UV-LEDs | Mar 06, 2019
Kopp Glass Releases UV LED Product Database
Kopp Glass Releases UV LED Product Database Kopp Glass announces the release of a UV LED Product Database that enables users to easily evaluate and select the optimal UV LED for specific applications. With hundreds of UV LED's available, researching and comparing the various options is a tedious, time-consuming process. This database streamlines the selection process. The comprehensive resource contains over 700 UV LEDs from 29 different manufacturers—including products from industry leaders such as Seoul Viosys, LG Innotek and Rayvio. Read more »
Tools | Engineering | Software | Simulation Tools | Mar 12, 2019
Lighting Analysts Releases Luxiflux–Zonal - Web-Based Interior Lighting Estimator Tool
Lighting Analysts Releases Luxiflux–Zonal - Web-Based Interior Lighting Estimator Tool Lighting Analysts, a global leader in illumination engineering software, is pleased to announce the release of our latest web-based software, Luxiflux–Zonal, the anticipated new responsive design, interior lighting estimator tool for product manufacturer's websites. This software utilizes server-side, AWS-hosted architecture opening the door for additional new web-based software development. The ground-up responsive design provides an excellent user experience for mobile users (iOS and Android) as well as traditional desktop. Read more »
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